# helicopters

Pronunciation: US say "HEL-i-kop-turz" /ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptɜɹz/; say "HEL-i-kop-tuhz" UK /ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)z/, AUS /ˈheliˌkɔptə(ɹ)z/

## Noun

1. Plural of helicopter. — plural of helicopter
   - Simple: Plural of helicopter. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _Several helicopters dropped water on the spreading wildfire._
   - _Military helicopters thundered low over the coastline at dawn._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of helicopter. — third-person singular simple present indicative of helicopter
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of helicopter. Use this when one person or thing does the action now.
   - _The tour company helicopters guests onto the glacier each morning._
   - _Whenever an executive helicopters into the site, the whole crew stops to watch._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/helicopters (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).